480 Ruger Mold

[Viper225]

Looking for a 480 Ruger Mold to cast a bullet of approximately 400 grains with Gas Check installed. Tangential Ogive design, with about an 80% Meplate, and a single Lube Groove.
No luck finding this as a standard off the shelf mold. Really cannot believe Lee does not make one like this. Basicly a larger version of the .429 / 310 Gas Check Mold.

Looking at Mountain Mold at the moment.

Opinions, advice, experiance with Mountain Mold. Other options for a mold like the one discribed..

[RobS]

Here is a thread about MM's

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=80840

Dan does a great job over at MM's and turn around time as been pretty good lately at about a month.

a search at the top will help out as well. As far as commercial molds you are limited since you are after a Gas Check. You may want to check out Veral Smith at LBT has he may have something in that arrangment........if he doesn't he can make it as well.

[sagacious]

Perhaps like you, I searched for a 476-400gc mold when I got my 480. It may be that LEE does not make a 476-400 gc design because the 476-400-RF has a very long bearing surface and an exceptionally thick base band. Take a close look at that bullet-- as in, carefully study the pic on the LEE website-- before searching much further and paying a whole lot more for something that is not likely to be more accurate. Cast from quenched ww alloy, there is no need for a gc on that bullet.

The LEE 400 has proved to be very accurate for a large number of 475 cal shooters. Adding a gc to that design would be 'gilding the lily'. It works extremely well as-is. Good luck.

[Lloyd Smale]

ballistic cast makes a couple differnt molds like that. i perticularly like there 420 lfngc

[DLCTEX]

I have the Lee 476-400 mould and see no need for a gas check. I considered the lighter mould but wanted to avoid gas checks if possible. 21 gr. H-110 is giving great accuracy and plenty of penetration. Just for grins I hollow pointed some of them and will try to shoot them this week end.